Birth Anniversary: Johann Adolf Hasse — March 25, 1699

Born at Bergedorf near Hamburg on 25 March 1699 into a long line of church organists. Blessed with an exceptional tenor voice, he sang at the Hamburg Opera before traveling to Naples in 1722, where he became a beloved pupil of Alessandro Scarlatti and achieved pan-European fame as Il Sassone.

Dates verified on Fredrick L. Millner, The Operas of Johann Adolf Hasse, UMI Research Press, 1979, ISBN 978-0835710077; Grove Music Online, entry "Hasse, Johann Adolf" (https://doi.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.40232).